United Parcel Service, Inc. is a package delivery company, which engages in the provision of global supply chain management solutions. It operates through the following segments: U.S. Domestic Package, International Package, and Supply Chain Solutions. The U.S. Domestic Package segment includes time-definite delivery of letters, documents, and packages. The International Package segment focuses on delivery and shipments in Europe, Asia, the Indian sub-continent, the Middle East, Africa, Canada, and Latin America. The Supply Chain Solutions is involved in forwarding, logistics, Coyote, Marken, and UPS Mail Innovations. The company was founded by James E. Casey and Claude Ryan on August 28, 1907 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Seagate Technology PLC (commonly referred to as Seagate) is an American data storage company. It was incorporated in 1978, as Shugart Technology. Since 2010, the company is incorporated in Dublin, Ireland, with operational headquarters in Cupertino, California, United States. David Mosley is the current CEO with Stephen J. Luczo as chairman of the board of directors. In January 2009, Luczo, Seagate's chairman, was appointed president and chief executive officer, returning him to the role he held at Seagate from 1998 to 2004. On October 2, 2017 COO David Mosley was appointed CEO and Luczo stepped down from that role.

Applied Materials, Inc. provides manufacturing equipment, services and software to the semiconductor, display and related industries. It operates through the following segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display & Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment includes semiconductor capital equipment for etch, rapid thermal processing, deposition, chemical mechanical planarization, metrology and inspection, wafer packaging, and ion implantation. The Applied Global Services segment provides solutions to optimize equipment, performance, and productivity. The Display & Adjacent Markets segment offers products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays, organic light-emitting diodes, equipment upgrades, and other display technologies for TVs, monitors, laptops, personal computers, smart phones, and other consumer-oriented devices. The company was founded on November 10, 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Cytyc Corporation, a diagnostic and medical device company, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets and diagnostic and surgical products. The company offers its products for a range of cancer and women's health applications, such as cervical cancer screening, menstrual bleeding treatment, early-stage breast cancer radiation treatment, and malignant brain tumors radiation treatment applications. It serves customers in the Canadian, European, and Asia/Pacific markets. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in Marlborough, Massachusetts. As of October 22, 2007, CYTYC Corporation opeartes as a subsidiary of Hologic Inc.

Beckman Coulter, Inc. manufactures and distributes biomedical testing instrument systems and general biomedical research products. It develops and markets products that simplify, automate and innovate complex biomedical testing. The firm’s systems operate in both diagnostics and life sciences laboratories on seven continents. Its products improve the productivity of medical professionals and scientists, supplying critical information for improving patient health and delivering trusted solutions for research and discovery. The company was founded in 1935 by Arnold O. Beckman and is headquartered in Brea, CA.

Delta Electronics, Inc. engages in the provision of power and thermal management solution. The company operates under the following segments: Power Electronics, Automation, and Infrastructure It is mainly involved in the design, manufacture, sale, research and development of electronic control systems, industrial automation, digital display, communication, consumer electronic products, healthcare device, robot, field device, energy-saving lighting application and energy technology services. Delta Electronics was founded by Bruce Cheng on August 20, 1975 and is headquartered in Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Life Technologies Corporation operates as a biotechnology tools company. The company's systems, consumables and services enable researchers to accelerate scientific exploration, to discoveries and developments. Life Technologies was created by the combination of [Invitrogen Corporation](/organization/invitrogen) and [Applied Biosystems, Inc.](/organization/applied-biosystems) in November of 2008, and Life Technologies continues to serve its customers under those two well-known brands. Invitrogen is the premier provider of reagents and consumables that are usable across multiple platforms, while Applied Biosystems remains the top provider of systems-based, end-to-end solutions in areas such as PCR, genetic sequencing, and mass spectrometry. The company delivers a range of products and services, including systems, instruments, reagents, and custom services. Its portfolio of products includes technologies for capillary electrophoresis based sequencing, sequencing, mass spectrometry, sample preparation, cell culture, RNA interference analysis, functional genomics research, proteomics and cell biology applications, as well as clinical diagnostic applications and water testing analysis.

FormFactor, Inc. engages in the provision of test and measurement solutions. It operates through the following business segments: Probe Cards and Systems. The Probe Cards segment consists of technologies and product architectures, including micro-electromechanical systems technologies. The Systems segment consists of analytical probe solutions for on-wafer probing, board tests, and package tests. The company was founded by Igor Khandros on April 15, 1993 and is headquartered in Livermore, CA.

Verity Instruments, Inc. manufactures optical emission instruments and software applications for endpoint detection, advanced process control, and film thickness measurement. The firm’s products include embedded spectrometers, reflectometers, discontinued instruments, spectrometers, and additional instruments. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Carrollton, TX.

ARTEL, Inc. provides information technology and telecom solutions. It offers managed network services, such as strategic planning, satellite, earth terminal, systems and network integration support, network monitoring and control, acquisition/asset management support, emergency/contingency planning, and network security/encryption. The company also provides systems and solution integration services, including technology assessments benchmarking, enterprise resource planning, enterprise application integration, open system migration and legacy systems management/migration, acquisition management support, systems security integration and implementation, operations/end user support, and help desk support/hosting, as well as system prototyping and application development services; and database management, data mining, and data warehousing services. In addition, it offers information assurance/homeland security services, such as security planning, emergency, disaster recovery and restoration planning, enterprise security architecture design engineering, intrusion detection, incident handling/response and recovery, systems certification and accreditation, security training and awareness support, national security emergency preparedness planning, and homeland security planning. Further, the company provides e-government and e-commerce solutions, including business modeling and technical reference model development, secure Internet/intranet/Extranet architecture design, electronic commerce/electronic data interchange, Web-enabled application development and implementation, awareness and education, portal infrastructure operations and management, and online content management services, as well as Web portal design, development, and implementation services. ARTEL, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is based in Reston, Virginia with locations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and the United States.

Akzo Nobel NV is a holding company, which engages in the manufacture and sale of coating and paint products. engages in the production and marketing of paints and coatings. It operates through the following segments: Decorative Paintings, Performance Paintings, and Corporate and Others. The Decorative Paints segment manufactures and supplies a range of interior and exterior decoration and protection products for professional and do-it-yourself markets. The Performance Coatings segment produces automotive and aerospace; industrial; marine and protective; and powder coatings. The company was founded in 1792 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Bausch & Lomb is a Canadian eye health products company based in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It is one of the world's largest suppliers of contact lenses, lens care products, pharmaceuticals, intraocular lenses, and other eye surgery products. The company was founded in Rochester, New York in 1853 by optician John Bausch and cabinet maker turned financial backer Henry Lomb. Until its sale in 2013, Bausch & Lomb was one of the oldest continually operating companies in the US.

Carl Zeiss AG (German: [kaʁl tsaɪs]), branded as ZEISS, is a German manufacturer of optical systems and optoelectronics, founded in Jena, Germany in 1846 by optician Carl Zeiss. Together with Ernst Abbe (joined 1866) and Otto Schott (joined 1884) he laid the foundation for today's multi-national company. The current company emerged from a reunification of Carl Zeiss companies in East and West Germany with a consolidation phase in the 1990s. ZEISS is active in four business segments with approximately equal revenue, Industrial Quality and Research, Medical Technology, Consumer Markets and Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology in almost 50 countries, has 30 production sites and around 25 development sites worldwide.

Tomey Co. Ltd., part of Menicon Co., Ltd., is a company headquartered in Nagoya, Japan, that manufactures contact care products. Menicon Co., Ltd. acquired Tomey Co. Ltd. from Tomey Shoji KK on February 02, 2010.

The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) is a major state-owned civilian and military space launch vehicle manufacturer in China and one of the major launch service providers in the world. CALT is a subsidiary of the larger China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). It was established in 1957 and is headquartered in Fengtai District, Beijing.

OTO Photonics, Inc. develops and manufactures micro optical spectrometer and applications. It provides fine optical design, MEMS technology, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and software specialists. The firm's products can be used for electro-optical inspection for LED light, environmental monitoring of changes in water quality and UV light, color detection for the dyeing and printing industries, and biomedical measurement as an effective domestic biomedical inspection instrument. The company was founded by Cheng-Hao Ko in 2006 and is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Lite-On IT Corp. is engaged in manufacturing and selling electronic spare parts, information storage and handling equipments. The company offers optical storage drives, audio and video appliances. Its products include Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM), DVD-ROM, CD-ReWritable, DVD-ReWritable, Portable drives, Combo drives and Slim Combo drives. The firm's other activities include development of anti-vibration mechanical design, advanced circuit design, firmware programming and performance tuning services. Lite-On was founded on March 23, 1999 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.